By PTI
GANDHINAGAR: Nearly two weeks after resigning from the Congress, former Gujarat minister Naresh Raval and former Rajya Sabha member Raju Parmar joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) right here on Wednesday, months forward of the state Assembly polls.
Both the leaders have been related to Congress for many years.
State BJP chief C R Paatil welcomed them into the celebration by providing them saffron scarves and caps.
Numerous their supporters additionally joined the ruling celebration.
Parmar was Congress’s Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat for 3 phrases – between 1988 and 2006.
A distinguished chief from the Dalit neighborhood, he had additionally served as a member of the National Committee for SC/ST.
Raval, a three-term MLA representing Vijapur Assembly seat in Mehsana, had served because the minister of state for dwelling and trade minister within the then Congress authorities in Gujarat.
He had received the Assembly elections in 1985, 1990 and 1998.
The Assembly elections are due by the top of this 12 months.
GANDHINAGAR: Nearly two weeks after resigning from the Congress, former Gujarat minister Naresh Raval and former Rajya Sabha member Raju Parmar joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) right here on Wednesday, months forward of the state Assembly polls.
Both the leaders have been related to Congress for many years.
State BJP chief C R Paatil welcomed them into the celebration by providing them saffron scarves and caps.
Numerous their supporters additionally joined the ruling celebration.
Parmar was Congress’s Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat for 3 phrases – between 1988 and 2006.
A distinguished chief from the Dalit neighborhood, he had additionally served as a member of the National Committee for SC/ST.
Raval, a three-term MLA representing Vijapur Assembly seat in Mehsana, had served because the minister of state for dwelling and trade minister within the then Congress authorities in Gujarat.
He had received the Assembly elections in 1985, 1990 and 1998.
The Assembly elections are due by the top of this 12 months.
